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Men’s Basketball: Falls named named Big East preseason honorable mention

Joe Meixell | Thursday, October 26, 2006

Irish guard Colin Falls, after three years of becoming one of the top sharpshooters in the country and establishing Notre Dame’s 3-point offensive identity in the Big East last season, was named All-Big East preseason honorable mention Wednesday.

The Irish senior is one of the three players to receive this distinction alongside Louisville junior forward David Padgett and Syracuse sophomore guard Eric Devendorf, as voted by the 16 Big East head coaches.

Falls averaged 13.8 points per game his junior season while setting a Notre Dame single season record with 3-point field goals (102). His 32-point game against Seton Hall on Feb. 18 was a career high .

Falls is a career 40.3 percent 3-point shooter (232-of-576) and an 82.9 percent free throw shooter (141-of-170) in 91 career games.

But for Falls, the goal heading into the season isn’t to set records or impress people around the league, even though he acknowledges he’s one of the more publicized players in the conference.

He just wants to win.

“I think we’re going to make [the NCAA Tournament], I don’t want to be on the cusp again,” said Falls on Media Day Oct. 11. “We’re going to have to prove ourselves, it’s easy to say it, but when it’s all said and done, I think we’re going to be picked on that Sunday.

“Our mindset going into last year was get better every day and try to get to the Big East tournament. Nobody on this team has been to the NCAA Tournament and I don’t want to graduate with that feeling.”